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Day 1 ACCRA, GHANA - Tuesday
Arrive Accra; meet assist and transfer to Hotel. Meal(s) Included: No Overnight at Golden Tulip Accra Hotel or Similar Day 2 ACCRA - Wednesday
After breakfast, visit Independence Square, Accra's open-air ceremonial grounds where all national celebrations are held. Continue to the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum and museum, a tribute to Ghana's first President. This park, formally called the Polo grounds, is where Dr. Kwame Nkrumah declared the independence of Ghana. You will see various personal items used by Dr. Nkrumah, as well as books he authored. Later in the day you can visit the popular Arts & Crafts Market if you like aggressive bartering or the African Market in Osu if you prefer fixed prices.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Golden Tulip Accra Hotel or Similar Day 3 TRAVEL TO KUMASI - Thursday
After breakfast drive to Kumasi, The Capital of the Ashanti Kingdom. Stop at Aburi Botanical Gardens overlooking the coastal plain at an elevation of 1,200 – 1,500 ft. above sea levellearn about the cultural and medicinal importance of the trees in these gardens.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Miklin Hotel Kumasi or Similar Day 4 KUMASI - Friday
After breakfast, visit the Ashanti craft villages starting with the woodcarving village of Ahwiaa, known for the talented craftsmen who fashion royal stools, walking sticks and fertility dolls from wood. Your next stop is the village of Ntonso where artisan's hand-stamp patterns on cotton cloth to make Adinkra textiles. Black-on-black and black-on-red Adinkra cloth is worn for funerals and other solemn occasions. The third village will be Bonwire, where the famous Kente cloth is handmade on looms in a time-honored tradition passed down through generations. You will see the Kente weavers creating Kente cloth in various styles, and have the opportunity to purchases. Visit the Manhyia Palace. The Manhyia Palace was built by the British in 1925 to receive Asantehene (ruler of the Ashanti people) Prempeh I when he returned from exile in the Seychelles. The Palace was used by the Ashanti kings until 1974 and now serves as a museum, containing a range of items relating to the Ashanti Kingdom. Visit the nearby Okomfo Anokye Sword, an important symbol of Ashanti unity that marks the spot where the Golden Stool "descended from the sky" and has been in place for 300 years. Legend says the Ashanti Kingdom would collapse should the sword ever be removed.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Miklin Hotel Kumasi or Similar Day 5 TRAVEL FROM KUMASI TO CAPE COAST - Saturday
After breakfast, depart for Cape Coast. You shall transit the rich Gold mine town of Obuasi. On the way you will stop at Assin Manso, the burial site of two former slaves from the U. S. and Jamaica whose remains were re-interred in August 1998 during Ghana's first Emancipation Day Celebration. You will see the "Slave River" where captured Africans were washed before being confined in the Slave Castles to await shipment to the Americas and the Caribbean.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Elmina Bay Resort or Similar Day 6 CAPE COAST TO ACCRA - Sunday
This morning you will visit Elmina Castle, another UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built in 1482, Elmina Castle was the first European structure constructed in sub-Saharan Africa. Afterwards you will visit Cape Coast Castle and the Castle Museum for a guided tour. Cape Coast Castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and was one of the departure points for Africans being sent to slavery. The castle is home of the "Door of No Return". In the afternoon, on the way to Accra you will stop at the village of Abandze, the ancestral home of Louis Armstrong, the famous American jazz musician. Arrive in Accra and visit the W.E.B. Du Bois Center honoring the life of one of the most prominent Pan-Africanists who chose to live and work in Ghana. This evening prepare for tomorrows flight to Senegal.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Golden Tulip Accra Hotel or Similar Day 7 FLY TO DAKAR, SENEGAL - Monday
Morning at leisure. Transfer to the airport for your flight to Dakar. On arrival in Dakar you will be met, assisted and transferred to your hotel. Your guide and driver will assist you in choosing activities for the rest of the day. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast Overnight at Novotel Dakar or Similar Day 8 TOUR OF DAKAR - Tuesday
Today begin the tour of Dakar and vicinity. Places to visit include: Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Novotel Dakar or Similar Day 9 VISIT TO GOREE ISLAND - Wednesday
After breakfast, go on a tour of Goree Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Highlights will include a visit to the ethnographic museum, and a lecture by the curator on the history of the Island. Early afternoon return to Dakar where you may relax or continue the city tour started yesterday.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Novotel Dakar or Similar Day 10 TOUR OF PINK LAKE AND DAKAR - Thursday
After breakfast, travel to visit the Pink Lake, a rare natural phenomena caused by a unique combination of micro-organism and high concentration of salts which gives the lake its pink color. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Novotel Dakar or Similar Day 11 DAKAR/DEPART - Friday
Today's activities will depend on your departing flight time. Your guide and driver will be available to show you more of Dakar and vicinity until you are transferred to the airport for the onward flight. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast Tour Info
2012 Tour Travel Dates:March 20 – 30, 2012 April 17 – April 27, 2012 June 19- June 29, 2012 July 17 – July 27, 2012 August 28 –September 7, 2012 September 18 – September 28, 2012 October 16- October 26, 2012 November 27 – December 7, 2012 Included
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